(1959-12-11)December 11, 1959 Commerce, Oklahoma, U.S.
Died
February 2012 (aged 52)[2] Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
Cause of death
Atherosclerotic and hypertensive heart disease
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Doug Furnas Can-Am Express #1
Billed height
5 ft 10 in (178 cm)[3]
Billed weight
243 lb (110 kg)[3]
Trained by
Davey Rich Johnny Rich Rick Conners
Debut
1986[3]
Retired
2000
Dwight Douglas Furnas (December 11, 1959 – February 2012)[4][5] was an American professional wrestler and powerlifter. He was an APF National and World Powerlifting Champion, who set multiple world records in the 275 pounds (125 kg) weight class. As a wrestler, Furnas worked for, among other promotions, American majors World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), and World Wrestling Federation (WWF) best known for being part of the tag team The Can-Am Express with tag team partner Phil Lafon. Furnas was also a longtime mainstay of All Japan Pro Wrestling.
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tag team partner Phil Lafon. Furnas was also a longtime mainstay of All Japan Pro Wrestling. Before becoming a lifter, Furnas was a promising American football...
tournament. He scored a total of six points, defeating Danny Kroffat, DougFurnas, and Johnny Ace but losing to Akira Taue, Kenta Kobashi, Mitsuharu Misawa...
LaFon, DougFurnas, Rob Van Dam and Sabu lost to Al Snow, Taz, The Sandman and Tommy Dreamer in an eight-man tag team match. Lafon and Furnas also formed...
Natural Born Killaz, Van Dam defeated DougFurnas in a match. Post-match, Van Dam offered Furnas a handshake, but Furnas instead hit Van Dam with a short-arm...
and with Kikuchi once. The title win with Kikuchi over Dan Kroffat and DougFurnas took place before a rabid crowd in Kikuchi's hometown of Sendai on May...
Blackjacks (Blackjack Windham and Blackjack Bradshaw) and the team of DougFurnas and Phil LaFon. All the teams wrestled each other and sometimes in the...
May 25, 1992 Kenta Kobashi and Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs. Can-Am Express (DougFurnas and Dan Kroffat) Super Power Series Night 8 5 38 14 July 5, 1992 Kenta...
Canada (British Bulldog, Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart, Phillip Lafon, and DougFurnas) when the British Bulldog pinned Vader. His next pay-per view appearance...
Bulldog. After the Rumble, they had miscommunication in matches against DougFurnas and Phil LaFon and Bulldog fired Mason after losing a match to Crush...
Express (DougFurnas and Dan Kroffat) September 9, 1993 Live event Saitama, Japan 5 452 3 — Vacated December 5, 1994 — — — — — Vacated so Furnas and Kroffat...
Gordy & Steve Williams, John Laurinaitis, Dynamite Kid and Johnny Smith, DougFurnas, Joe and Dean Malenko and The Southern Rockers (Rex King and Steve Doll)...
Tag Team Championship on December 5, 1997, at Better Than Ever, from DougFurnas and Phil Lafon. Despite being a reluctant team who hated each other,...
Headbangers (who were Tweeners), feuded with The Godwinns, as well as DougFurnas and Phil Lafon, often finding themselves on the losing end. They faced...
Efferding Rachael Ellering Sergey Fedosienko C.T. Fletcher George Frenn DougFurnas John Gamble (American football) Lamar Gant Brad Gillingham Karl Gillingham...
Jr. 1994 1997 Terry Funk † Terry Funk 1993–1994 1995 1996–1997 DougFurnas † DougFurnas 1996 1997–1998 Raymond Gajtkowski † Lost Boy Yar 1997 Rafael García...
Steiner and The Road Warriors at a house show in Atlanta, GA. He defeated DougFurnas on June 13, 1990 Clash of the Champions XI: Coastal Crush. He spent most...
2001, he wrestled various opponent's, like, Pablo Marquez, EZ Money, DougFurnas, Twiggy Ramirez, Steve Corino and Chris Chetti. Tony's friends Robert...
teamed with Kenta Kobashi against the Can-Am Express (Dan Kroffat and DougFurnas) for the All Asia Tag Team Championship. Joe's most memorable matches...
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